Our Quest to Learn Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots

This week we focused on vocabulary development by studying prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Although my students seem to enjoy my teaching, they love technology even more.  While searching on the web looking for fun ideas, I came across a webquest. I introduced the task and process and they were off!  I promised I would add a link to the blog, so here it is! Enjoy!

Click Here! Webquest: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots

Remind 101

If you haven't signed up for Remind 101, please do so.  Although the end of the school year is near, there is alot going on in our classroom and I want you to be informed! Communication is so important and this is just one way to do it.  (I promise I won't send more than two a week.)

Happy Valentines Day!

I am so thankful and overwhelmed by the love shown to me today!  My kids brought me everything from big chocolate hearts to stuffed animals.  Although Valentines Day is only one day, I hope everyone feels love everyday! Thanks kiddos!

Brianna all "dressed up!"

One Day. 12 Minutes. Discover the Joy!

Read to a child. Change his or her life. It's that simple.

Today, we participated in Dallas Reads by stopping for 12 minutes to enjoy a book. Members of our community volunteered to read to our students to promote literacy and help create life-long readers.

This campaign strongly encourages reading from our community to model the success that comes from reading. Since our classes didn't have a volunteer, we chose to listen to Polar Express on www.storylineonline.net. What a great story for this time of the year.

 
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A Honor Roll!

Create a picture collage

Healthy Choices? Let's Take a Vote!

"Healthy"..."vegetables".... "they are good for you" are words that my students or even my own children don't want to hear. Unfortunately, with the growing obesity rate in our country, these are the very things we need to help us become strong, healthy and fuel successful learning. 

DISD's Food and Nutrition Services has taken on a new initiative to get our children to eat more veggies.  A few weeks ago, our school was among the first to have a "taste testing" of these delicious vegetables which are provided in our school cafeteria daily.  We were delivered a box with 25 plastic containers of assorted vegetables. These vegetables included broccoli, red bell peppers, and carrots. The students were asked to use their senses to rate each vegetable on a scale of 1 to 5. They even included some Ranch Dressing. Their responses were very positive!  Their favorite veggie was the broccoli because it looked like a tree!

Our Surprise Guest

Today, we had a surprise guest in our classroom! As the students arrived to class, they were welcomed by Butterscotch the Guinea Pig! A friend wanted me to help find a good home for her, so I brought her to school.  The kids were funny and excited! Unfortunately, I've never wanted a class pet, so she has to go!   They offered me everything they could think of in order to take Butterscotch home. Finally, after much persuasion, Ms. Jobe has decided to give her a new home!  Bye-Bye Butterscotch!